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Conjugation of the French verb acquitter

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb acquitter, along with their English translations.

acquitter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
acquitter	to pay off

Present		Scored
j'acquitte	I pay off
tu acquittes	you pay off
il acquitte	he pays off
elle acquitte	she pays off
nous acquittons	we pay off
vous acquittez	you pay off
ils acquittent	they pay off
elles acquittent	they pay off

Imperfect		Scored
j'acquittais	I was paying off
tu acquittais	you were paying off
il acquittait	he was paying off
elle acquittait	she was paying off
nous acquittions	we were paying off
vous acquittiez	you were paying off
ils acquittaient	they were paying off
elles acquittaient	they were paying off

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'acquittai	I paid off
tu acquittas	you paid off
il acquitta	he paid off
elle acquitta	she paid off
nous acquittâmes	we paid off
vous acquittâtes	you paid off
ils acquittèrent	they paid off
elles acquittèrent	they paid off

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai acquitté	I have paid off
tu as acquitté	you have paid off
il a acquitté	he has paid off
elle a acquitté	she has paid off
nous avons acquitté	we have paid off
vous avez acquitté	you have paid off
ils ont acquitté	they have paid off
elles ont acquitté	they have paid off

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais acquitté	I had paid off
tu avais acquitté	you had paid off
il avait acquitté	he had paid off
elle avait acquitté	she had paid off
nous avions acquitté	we had paid off
vous aviez acquitté	you had paid off
ils avaient acquitté	they had paid off
elles avaient acquitté	they had paid off

Future		Scored
j'acquitterai	I will pay off
tu acquitteras	you will pay off
il acquittera	he will pay off
elle acquittera	she will pay off
nous acquitterons	we will pay off
vous acquitterez	you will pay off
ils acquitteront	they will pay off
elles acquitteront	they will pay off

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai acquitté	I will have paid off
tu auras acquitté	you will have paid off
il aura acquitté	he will have paid off
elle aura acquitté	she will have paid off
nous aurons acquitté	we will have paid off
vous aurez acquitté	you will have paid off
ils auront acquitté	they will have paid off
elles auront acquitté	they will have paid off

Conditional		Scored
j'acquitterais	I would pay off
tu acquitterais	you would pay off
il acquitterait	he would pay off
elle acquitterait	she would pay off
nous acquitterions	we would pay off
vous acquitteriez	you would pay off
ils acquitteraient	they would pay off
elles acquitteraient	they would pay off

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais acquitté	I would have paid off
tu aurais acquitté	you would have paid off
il aurait acquitté	he would have paid off
elle aurait acquitté	she would have paid off
nous aurions acquitté	we would have paid off
vous auriez acquitté	you would have paid off
ils auraient acquitté	they would have paid off
elles auraient acquitté	they would have paid off

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'acquitte	(... that) I pay off
(... que) tu acquittes	(... that) you pay off
(... que) il acquitte	(... that) he pays off
(... que) elle acquitte	(... that) she pays off
(... que) nous acquittions	(... that) we pay off
(... que) vous acquittiez	(... that) you pay off
(... que) ils acquittent	(... that) they pay off
(... que) elles acquittent	(... that) they pay off

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'acquittasse	(... that) I was paying off
(... que) tu acquittasses	(... that) you were paying off
(... que) il acquittât	(... that) he was paying off
(... que) elle acquittât	(... that) she was paying off
(... que) nous acquittassions	(... that) we were paying off
(... que) vous acquittassiez	(... that) you were paying off
(... que) ils acquittassent	(... that) they were paying off
(... que) elles acquittassent	(... that) they were paying off

Imperative		Scored
acquitte	Pay off
acquittons	Let's pay off
acquittez	Pay off

Present Participle		Scored
acquittant	paying off

Past Participle		Scored
acquitté	paid off

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